Combined table and foot-rest



(No Model.)

' A. G. HUBBARD.

COMBINED TABLE AND FOOT REST.

No. 577,138. Patented Feb. 16., I897.

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' UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ARTHUR G. HUBBARD, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED TABLE AND FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,138, dated February16, 1897.

Application filed October 23, 1896 To all whom may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Tableand Foot- Rest; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to improvements in a combined table andfoot-rest, and has for its object the construction in one article offurniture that which may be optionally converted into either a table ora foot-rest.

A majority, if not all, of the portable tables now in use are too frailand unsteady for general use.

In my invention it is the purpose to not only afford a table that willhave sufficient rigidity for general uses, but which, when the table isnot needed, can be readily folded within a presentable and convenientfoot-rest or low seat and in the latter form be used.

I attain the above purposes by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of myinvention with the table in position for use. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section showing the position of the several parts when the tableis folded within the foot-rest. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the table withits leaves extended and the legs thereof folded against the lower sideof the table-leaves, the parts on the under side of the leaves beingshown in dotted lines.

Similar letters refer to the same parts in each of the views.

A is the main body of the foot-rest, which is supported on suitable feetB, having the interbraces B. A plate 0 extends longitudinally throughthe center of the foot-rest A and is suitably fastened against and onthe inner side of the ends of said foot-rest. On the upper side of theplate 0 there is centrally seated the socket D, provided with aset-screw D in the wall thereof. A vertical opening E passes through thesocket D and seriainceoasss. (No model.)

I plate 0, and in such opening is adjustably suspended, by means of theset-screw D',the vertical tube F, on the upper end of which is formedthe collar G, in the walls of which is seated the set-screw G. A tube H,of smaller diameter than the opening through F, is adj ustably insertedin the latter at its lower end and attached at its upper end centrallyto the under side of the central portion J of the table by means of acasting J. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.) The leaves K K are hingedat opposite ends of the central portion J and when in position with thelatter form the top of the table. Under each leaf K there are attachedtwo cleats L L, extending longitudinally of the table and parallel witheach other. In the cleats L is journaled a transverse roller M, in whichthe upper ends of the legs N N are attached in position to swinglengthwise of the table in the partial rotation of the roller M. In theupper edge of the end of the foot-rest A are formed the pits ordepressions O to receive and retain the lower ends of the legs N.

Assuming the table portion to be folded within the foot-rest, as shownin Fig. 2, the set-screw G is tightened and the table, including itsleaves K and legs N and the tubes II and F, is raised until the lowerend of the tube F is nearly up to the lower side of the plate 0. Thethumb-screw D is then fastened against the tube F and the set-screw Gloosened and the tube II withdrawn from the tube F in the furtherraising of the table until the leaves K and legs N can be swung clear ofthe end of the foot-rest A. In this position the central portion J willbe slightly above the normal plane of the table. the legs N are theninserted in the openings 0 of the foot-rest A and the part J loweredinto the horizontal plane for use. As the legs N are pivoted outside ofthe hinges P, they support the leaves K at the normal plane of thetable, and the hinges P being upon the lower side of the top of thetable the aforesaid dropping of the central leaf J brings said centerand the leaves K into one common plane and the contiguous edges of thecenter J and respective leaves K into a tight joint. The thumb-screw Gis then tightened, and the consequent rigidity of the central parts Theoperation of my invent-ion is as follows The lower ends of aforesaidfrom the plate 0 upward serves to hold the legs N rigidly in theopenings 0 and the whole structure compactly. When the table is raised,as aforesaid, suffieiently from the foot-restA to clear the legs andleaves N and K from said foot-rest, the table and its attached parts areturned one-quarter revolution in a horizontal plane before the insertionof the legs in the openings 0, as aforesaid. This is necessary becausethe length of the foot-rest gives the width of the table.

In folding the table for return to the footrest the thumb-screw G isreleased and the table portion raised suffieiently by the upward slidingof the tube H to permit the removal of the legsNfrom the openings 0. Thetable and its attached parts are then rotated one-quarter of arevolution and the legs and leaves folded inward, the set-screw D alsoreleased, and the parts dropped into the footrest, as shown in Fig. 2. Abevel R is formed in the upper portion of the sides of the footrest A tofacilitate the passage of the leaves K.

A removable lid S, suitably upholstered, is placed on the top of thefoot-rest A, when the table parts are folded within the latter.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

1. The combination of the foot-rest A of a box-like form, and a tableprovided with legs N, adapted to he supported upon the edge of saidfoot-rest, and optionally to be folded therein, and a central adjustableconnection between said table and foot-rest, substantially as shown andfor the purpose described.

2. The combination of a foot-rest A provided with the plate C andopenings 0, socket D seated on said plate and provided with setscrew D,tube F adjustably seated in said socket and plate and provided withset-screw G, tube H loosely seated in the tube F, central portion Jrigidly seated on the tube H, leaves K suitably hinged to the part J,and folding legs Npivotally attached at their upper ends to said leavesK and adapted to be inserted, at their lower ends, in the openings 0,substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

S. The combination of the foot-rest member A, provided with a centralplate 0, a table member adapted to be seated in the upper edge of themember A, the telescoping tubes F and H adj ustably connecting thecentral plate 0 to the center of the table member and meanssubstantially as shown for adjusting said tubes, for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR G. HUBBARD.

XVitnesses:

JOHN G. MANAHAN, ISABELLE MANAHAN.

